Border Patrol Agents from the Clint Station in the Lower Valley detain four smugglers and nearly 400 pounds of pot early Monday morning

According to officials, in the early morning hours of August 31, the agents – using their acquired sign tracking skills – detected the entry of 6 people into the US. Agents then followed the footprints, which led them to four men and bundles of marijuana.

The agents were able to detain four of the men and recover five burlap sacks containing 375.5 pounds of marijuana, however two other men were able to run back into Mexico.

Officials say they admitted to carrying the backpacks of marijuana across the international border. All four men, along with the marijuana, were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Agency in El Paso for further investigation.

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Chris began his long journey in Journalism back in the early 70’s. Armed with a Bell and Howell 8mm camera and tape recorder. Chris would go on to document such events as the great plastic dinosaur attack on Tornillo, GI Joe’s dramatic rescue of Barbie from a backyard mud pit and a massive toy train derailment caused by Godzilla. FULL BIO